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1 swim
[swim] 1. present participle - swimming; verb1) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.) nadar2) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).) nadar3) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.) andar à roda2. noun(an act of swimming: We went for a swim in the lake.) banho- swimmer- swimming
- swimming-bath
- swimming-pool
- swimming-trunks
- swimsuit
- swimming-costume* * *[swim] n 1 natação, nado, ato de nadar, distância percorrida a nado. 2 the swim vida, corrente da vida. 3 vertigem, tontura. 4 situação geral. 5 área freqüentada por peixes. • vt+vi (ps swam, pp swum). 1 nadar. 2 atravessar a nado. 3 fazer nadar. 4 boiar, flutuar. 5 estar inundado, estar correndo. 6 deslizar. 7 estar tonto ou zonzo, girar. my head swims / minha cabeça gira. • adj de natação. to go for a swim, to take a swim nadar. to swim against the tide nadar contra a correnteza, ir contra a maioria. to swim like a rock fig afundar. to swim with the tide ir com a maioria, ter a mesma opinião que a maioria. -
2 sponsor
['sponsə] 1. verb1) (to take on the financial responsibility for (a person, project etc), often as a form of advertising or for charity: The firm sponsors several golf tournaments.) patrocinar2) (to promise (a person) that one will pay a certain sum of money to a charity etc if that person completes a set task (eg a walk, swim etc).) patrocinar2. noun(a person, firm etc that acts in this way.) patrocinador* * *spon.sor[sp'ɔnsə] n 1 fiador, pessoa responsável. 2 padrinho, madrinha. he stood sponsor to my child / ele serviu de padrinho ao meu filho. 3 segurança, garantia. 4 patrocinador. • vt dar fiança, responsabilizar-se, patrocinar, servir de padrinho. -
3 sponsor
['sponsə] 1. verb1) (to take on the financial responsibility for (a person, project etc), often as a form of advertising or for charity: The firm sponsors several golf tournaments.) patrocinar2) (to promise (a person) that one will pay a certain sum of money to a charity etc if that person completes a set task (eg a walk, swim etc).) patrocinar2. noun(a person, firm etc that acts in this way.) patrocinador
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